Caravaca de la Cruz

We had very noisy neighbours last night, who for part of the night thought it was ok to tie there barking dog to there rear bumper and leave it out there barking it’s head off. Then they were going in and out of there Motorhome until atleast 1am banging the door.
To top that off at 7:15am they ran there engine for 45 mins obviously charging something and then walked around the Motorhome area with their barking dog.Basically we had arsehole neighbours!!
We left at 8:30am and our next official stop was the Catwalks of Castril but that was a 200 mile drive and I didn’t fancy that, so we stopped at 150 miles in the town of Caravaca de la Cruz. This town plays host to the one true cross and it is housed in the towns Basillica. It is said to have healing powers.
Legend has it that the town was under siege by the moors and they had run out of water. The knights Templar heard of the townsfolk plight and rushed to help them but could only find wine to give them and sent their horses up to the town laden with wine. The townsfolk were saved and the injured were miraculously cured and the moors defeated and now the town is one of five pilgrimage sites in the world recognised by the Christian church.
Until we arrived here we didn’t know any of this until we visited the towns church and then the fortified basilica at the highest point of the town.
Obviously we don’t believe any of that bible rubbish and it’s just another form of control, but the medieval parts of the town and historical centre were great to look around. Obviously the Christians love a gift shop because there were crosses and pilgrims staffs being sold everywhere.
We got back to Wanda at 5pm and spent the rest of the evening watching TV whilst it rained again.
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